Promoting nature awareness and appreciation in
Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, BC and beyond.
At our February BMN meeting, members and guests were enthralled with Ron Long’s fabulous photos of rare plants on the narrow plateau of Pink Mountain, located in northeast BC about 180 km northwest of Fort St. John. According to the Conservation Data Center, there is no other location in BC which supports such a unique…
A BMN member is in the news for winning an international award from the “Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History”:http://www.enaturalist.org/. To read the account of Rod MacVicar’s acheivement in ‘The TriCity News’, please click “here”:http://www.bclocalnews.com/tri_city_maple_ridge/tricitynews/news/101422359.html.
Please check out this great article by Anne Murray on the compensation project at Colony Farm by clicking here.
Every year, Metro Vancouver residents and businesses generate 3.4 million tonnes of garbage and recyclables that need to be managed. But how, exactly?? One suggestion (after increasing recycling rates) is to build a new “waste-to-energy” incinerator for about $500 million. Here’s your LAST chance to have a say on this proposal. Open House: 6 –…
Congratulations to BMN member Ruth Foster who has received this year’s award for her volunteer work removing invasive plants and restoring natural habitat throughout Port Moody. To read BMN’s nomination letter, please click “here”:/assets/bmn/doc/ruth.pdf.